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Brave's aggressive marketing (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Was reading an answer to the question about fresh Amazon tablet and saw this. They used up the question as a hook to promote their browser. Pretty sure I'm avoiding Brave from now on.

Q: Does the fire max 11 have YouTube app on it. A: I have installed Google Playstore , but I skip installing Youtube app . There is better option . Brave Browser in Playstore !! That thing has AWESOME popup Blocker and it's own integrated Youtube Ads and other Nuisances blocker . My point ? You don't need youtube on Fire max , You don't need Google Maps , You don't need Facebook App . Just Use Brave .

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I really doubt that is marketing. I just think that’s an over-enthusiastic user.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Idk, sound like a paid comment to me.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I shill brave on iOS regularly as a way to get past ads on mobile and watch with background playback. But that’s more because of how much I hate ads than any loyalty to brave. I highly doubt they’re paying for the kind of low quality shilling this guy is doing on Amazon. If they are, they can start paying me as well!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    if you're interested in alternatives with adblockers:

    • adguard extension for safari, for general browsing
    • video lite app for youtube, or any other video playing website. It's a browser disguised as video player, but it's really well done, feels like I'm using the oficial youtube app
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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Perhaps you sound like a FireFox or otherwise Anti-Brave shill

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I really don't understand why people use and recommend brave. They've have had plenty of shady practices in the past and bundle crypto crap by default. If you want to block ads just install ublock origin on (preferably) any privacy respecting browser like firefox (or better yet librewolf), ungoogled-chromium etc

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    [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Gentle reminder that Brave's CEO is a known bigot and the browser is just chrome with a few extensions and fresh coat of paint.

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    [–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Look ! Firefox marketing ! Gotta boycott them !

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    It's important to note that Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization, whereas Brave Software Inc. is a company that sells products. Mozilla get money from recurrent donations, while Brave gets more money the more users use their software and services, like any other company. Which means that only Brave has interest in hiring shills. And a fucking meme posted on a niche social network is different than a fake review, ffs.

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    [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Maybe, but there are LOT of weirdly aggressive Brave fanboys out there that would probably say shit like this without getting paid. Not sure how they convinced people that they were so great. Brave is a decent browser but it has a sketchy history, just like the people behind it. Would definitely recommend staying away.

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